7 of the Best Ice Cream Recipes

It’s mid-May and summer is knocking at the door. After a run of 70-degree weather, then a dip into the 40’s and back again, I think it’s going to be smooth sailing from here on out in my corner of the world. And I can’t get ice cream out of my head. One of my all-time summertime comfort foods is a soft serve cone from the local ice cream stand – a “twist” of vanilla and chocolate, and covered in chocolate sprinkles. I swear, it has the power to make everything right in my world. When I’m not enjoying the neighborhood ice cream, I love to make my own and experimented with a lot of different flavors last year. My ice cream attachment is getting dusted off and is going to be churning out new varieties in the coming days, and in the meantime wanted to share some of my favorite recipes from last summer with you!

Once you have a perfect vanilla ice cream recipe, you need to add an amazing chocolate version to your arsenal. And oh my, this is an amazing chocolate recipe. I have never tasted chocolate ice cream so rich in flavor. Simply amazing.

This one is for all of you chocolate and peanut lovers! Needless to say, if I make it, I will finish the entire batch within a few days. It’s dangerous. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. This is a classic vanilla recipe with a fudge ripple swirl and chocolate-covered peanuts mixed in. Amazing, right?

A recipe that is reminiscent of being a carefree kid, as butter pecan is a favorite flavor of in my family. The ice cream tastes like sweet toffee, and the crunch of salty pecans offer a great contrast.

A fabulous Italian ice cream dessert that consists of chocolate ice cream with hazelnuts, pistachio ice cream, and finished off with cherry ice cream that includes maraschino cherries, almonds and flavored with Amaretto.

If you love pistachios, you will absolutely adore this ice cream. Prior to making the custard for the ice cream, ground pistachios are steeped in the milk and cream, then strained. The resulting cream is infused with pistachio flavor; once the ice cream is almost done churning, big chunks of pistachio are mixed in. Delicious!

I am mostly a vanilla lover. You just can’t find a twist cone in our area anymore – bummer!
I’ve been looking at these Kitchen Aid attachments for my mixer. I think I’m going to have to invest in one, pronto, since it is your pick too.

What??! KA has an ice cream attachment?!? How the heck does that work? (You don’t have to answer, I’ll get around to researching it haha) I was looking at buying an ice cream maker this year… And this post is soooo going on my to-do list!

There is no way I could choose my favorite ice cream flavor. I am totally an ice cream freak! Just this morning I made milk chocolate ice cream with cocoa nibs from David Lebovitz’s The Perfect Scoop. Absolutely divine!

Ok, you just inspired me to put my freezer bowl from my ice cream maker back into the freezer. I take it out for the winter for extra freezer space, but you’re right…it’s summer and it’s ice cream season! I think I’ll start with your pistachio! I never thought I could make it at home! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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I reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with my husband, our two sons, and Golden Retriever.